Professor Jackie L Scott

Jacqueline Lillian Scott, BA (Sussex), MA, PhD (Michigan). Professor of Empirical Sociology. 

For applicants

Potential applicants for HSPS should consult http://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/human-social-and-politi.... Also look at the departmental web sites for the different disciplines, e.g. for sociology see http://www.sociology.cam.ac.uk and for politics and international studies see http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk.

Research

I directed a large interdisciplinary research project on gender inequalities in production and reproduction. My current projects involve family change, inter-generational relations, fertility, and residential mobility. I have an ongoing interest in cross-national and longitudinal survey design and analysis and I chair the Scientific Advisory Board for the European Social Survey.

Position
  • Life Fellow